Friday, December 23, 2011

With the countdown to Christmas just days away we would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and New Year!

This is our last challenge for the year...and being the festive season we would like to see some creative packaging. We are all taking a couple of weeks off so this challenge is for two weeks. This challenge is...

Just Add your Fancy Boxes/Gift/3D packaging

...as you can see from our talented DT the ideas are endless! Christmas been and gone? No problems just give us your fancy packaging for your event.

Here is what the Design Team came up with this week amongst the madness week before Christmas...

Check back for our first ever Scrapbooking challenge starting on the 1st January 2012 for some awesome scrapbooking challenges from new Team member Ruth Clarke and I (both multi published scrapbookers) ...AND...we have a Design Team Search from the 10th January. We are all excited to see who will be joining our close knit team!

We have something special coming up for our next challenge...which is our 100th so check that out on the 13th January!!!...soo excited!!!

As usual check out our rules and please take note that this challenge is for 2 weeks for this challenge only.

JUST ADD INK RULES

Create a card, layout or 3D project using our challenge as inspiration.

Link your post, NOT your whole blog back here.

Your projectmust be new, created for this challenge and combined with3 or less challengesif you like.

Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.

Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for ANY product brand. We're here to have fun and encourage creativity.

We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.

The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Sorry for posting so late in the day. Today was my last day at work before the Christmas break. I am SO glad this year is almost over. I cannot wait until I can just sit down and relax instead of running here, there & everywhere.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our challenge this week - we truly appreciate your participation in our challenges so close to Christmas.

Well, onto the task at hand, announcing this week's winner. This week our winner is Kezzy, with really this gorgeous creation.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

All of us on the Just Add Ink Team are like family so its with much sadness to announce thatBronwyn Eastley

and Tania Gouldwill be stepping down as Team members effective immediately.Bronwyn and Tania have been on the Just Add Ink Design Team with Chantell and I since the start of Just Add Ink Challenges which started in January 2010 and we are incredibly sad to see them go.

Im sure you will all agree that Bronwyn and Tania have been an inspiration to us all. They are both off to new ventures so look out for more inspiration on their blogs/online soon.

Heres a few of my faves from Tania and JAI over the past 2 years.

and some of my faves from Bronwyn..

We will miss both of your incredible talents on the JAI Blog but hope you will continue to play along with us when you can.

Thank you so much to Bronwyn for helping me with running of the Just Add Ink Blog and we wish you the best in your new exciting ventures.Tania, your sense of humour will be sorely missed and we all will be stalking your blog for pics of your beautiful daughter.

And life goes on ..we will be announcing our new Design Team search on the 10th January!

Create a card, layout or 3D project using our challenge as inspiration.

Link your post, NOT your whole blog back here.

Your projectmust be new, created for this challenge and combined with3 or less challengesif you like.

Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.

Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for ANY product brand. We're here to have fun and encourage creativity.

We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.

The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Sorry for posting so late in the day. Today was our work Christmas Party so I have spent the morning racing around a Go Kart track and having a yummy lunch, even though I have probably eaten a little too much.

Thank you to everyone who participated in our inspiration challenge this week - we truly appreciate your participation in our challenges so close to Christmas.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Jo has given us this awesome photo this week as inspiration...take what you like from it...be it the colour combo of Melon Mambo, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade and Pool Party or you could take the purse picture or any of the colours as your inspiration (maybe even the bling?).Just let us know what you have taken out of this magazine inspirational photo 'Tiffanys' no less...and link below.

Hope you all play along with us this week despite the hustle and bustle of Christmas...take time out to play along with us won't you?

JUST ADD INK RULES

Create a card, layout or 3D project using our challenge as inspiration.

Link your post, not your whole blog back here.

Your projectmust be new, created for this challenge and combined with3 or less challengesif you like.

Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.

Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for ANY product brand. We're here to have fun and encourage creativity.

We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.

The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

So, who is ready for Christmas??? Definately not me. I'm not sure if I'm glad I've only got 8 days of actual work left or if that fact is going to send me over the edge. Too much to do and too little time to do it in!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our CASE Tania challenge this week - it was so cool to see everyone's interpretation of Tania's beautiful cards.

In a tight one, it is Kezzy who is this week's winner with this awesome CASE of Tania's card

Friday, December 2, 2011

One of the best compliments a stamper/papercrafter can have is that someone finds inspiration in their work and CASEs or uses them and their work as inspiration for a creative project of their own. Giving the CASEd person the appropriate credit and recognition of course!

So this week here at Just Add Ink we have set the challenge of being inspired by one of our own Design Team members...the very talented and lovely...Tania Gould!Tania makes some beautiful and detailed projects and we want to show you how she inspires the Design Team here at JAI. Then we want you to do just the same, show us how she inspires you, and create something by 'Just Adding...Tania Gould'! We hope you'll join in the fun.

Create a card, layout or 3D project using our challenge as inspiration.

Link your post, not your whole blog back here.

Your projectmust be new, created for this challenge and combined with3 or less challengesif you like.

Please mention JUST ADD INK in your blog post and provide a link so others can come and join in the fun too.

Please DO NOT use your challenge entry as a way of advertising products/tutorials etc. which are for sale. You may include a 'project recipe' but do not provide links within the post for promotional purposes, recruiting etc. for ANY product brand. We're here to have fun and encourage creativity.

We reserve the right to remove links that do not comply with the above guidelines.

The challenge closes each Wednesday at 10.00 pm (AEST) Australian Eastern Standard Time.